Edward Ross

Edward Ross was a prominent American accountant who co-founded Ross, Tower & Co in New York in 1898. His firm grew to become one of the largest accounting practices in the United States before merging with the British firm Touche Niven to create a global powerhouse.

Edward Ross, along with his partner Tower, founded Ross, Tower & Co in New York City in 1898, at the height of the American industrial boom. The firm quickly gained a reputation for its expertise in complex corporate finance and industrial audits, serving many of the largest manufacturing and infrastructure companies in the United States. Ross's firm was characterized by its aggressive growth, deep expertise in management consulting, and strong American commercial focus. In 1960, the firm merged with the London-based Touche Niven to form Touche Ross, creating a transatlantic giant. Ross's contribution to the modern Deloitte entity is the deep American commercial acumen, the robust management consulting capabilities, and the entrepreneurial spirit that balanced the British audit heritage of the Deloitte side of the 1989 merger.